Pulwama terror attack: The horror in pictures

Pulwama terror attack: In the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Pulwama district. The blast was followed by gunshots by terrorists at around 3.15 pm on Thursday evening.
Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) took responsibility for the terror attack in Pulwama in south Kashmir.
A scene of the spot after in Pulwama district on Thursday, (PTI Photo)

Over 40 CRPF personnel were martyred and several injured in the Thursday attack in Kashmir. (ANI)
The 78-vehicle convoy was carrying 2,547 security personnel who were moving from the transit camp in Jammu to Srinagar.

Till last year, Adil Ahmad Dar (20), a resident of Gundibagh village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, used to work in a sawmill, reported the Indian Express.
On Thursday, the Jaish-e-Mohammad named him as the suicide bomber behind the attack on the CRPF convoy. Adil dropped out of Class XII and started to work at a sawmill owned by a neighbour. In March last year, he left his family and joined militancy in the Valley. His father, Ghulam Hassan Dar, is a small-time vendor.

The CRPF bus was blown up by an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora. (PTI)

Soldiers at the site (Reuters/Younis Khaliq)

A damaged section of a CRPF vehicle that was attacked by the militants in Pulwama district (PTI Photo)

Soldiers examine the debris after the explosion (Reuters/Younis Khaliq)

Security forces cordoned off the site of suicide bomb attack (PTI Photo)

An ambulance carrying injured CRPF jawans from the site of suicide bomb attack (PTI Photo/S Irfan)

Security agencies in action at the site (ANI)

Soldiers inspecting the spot (Reuters/Younis Khaliq)

Soldiers examining the debris. (Reuters/Younis Khaliq)

Security personnel carrying out the rescue and relief work at the site of suicide bomb attack (PTI Photo/S Irfan)

Firemen spray water on the road to wash away the blood stains at the site of suicide bomb attack in Pulwama (PTI Photo)

Another picture of the damaged vehicle being taken away from the site in Pulwama district. (PTI Photo)

A damaged vehicle of CRPF being taken away from the site of suicide bomb attack in Pulwama (PTI Photo)

Another scene of the Pulwama terror attack. (PTI Photo)

An army soldier stands guard near the site of the suicide bomb attack (PTI Photo/S Irfan)

Army men at the site of suicide bomb attack in Pulwama district (PTI Photo/S Irfan)